by Sydney Smith on Apr 09, 2016
Chinua Achebe Died in 2013, So Why Did Sydney Newspaper Publish Obit Last Month?
Did acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe recently die? No. Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, actually died in 2013, but The...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 30, 2016
1 in 5 British Muslims Sympathize with ISIS stories were ‘Misleading,’ regulator says
One in five British Muslims sympathize with terror group ISIS? Last year, two UK News Corp. publications, the Sun and...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 08, 2016
Kim Cattrall isn’t Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s Mom
Is Sex and the City actress Kim Cattrall the mother of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? If you watched CBS...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 28, 2016
Student Newspaper Retracts Marco Rubio Bible Story, Admits ‘editorial mistakes’
The Daily Pennsylvanian, the "independent newspaper" for the University of Pennsylvania, apologized and retracted a controversial transcript that claimed U.S. presidential candidate Marco Rubio criticized the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 15, 2016
How Toddler Rape Victim Report Went Wrong, Australian Broadcasting Corp. apologizes
The story of a 5-year-old boy being raped on Micronesian island Nauru has been corrected, Australian media news site Crikey reported. That...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Katie Kausch on Feb 06, 2016
Examiner.com Kills Fake Story about 2 Pit Bulls in NYC Shelter, Unpublishes Reporter’s Entire Archive
It was supposedly a life and death drama. Why was sister dog Skye separated from her “brother” Milo and left...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 02, 2016
The Intercept Fires Reporter for Fabrication, Retracts Dylann Roof story
\News site The Intercept fired reporter Juan Thompson after discovering he faked quotes for his stories. Not only that, Thompson...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2016
Why was Israel replaced by Palestine in NPR Map? NPR Editor’s Note explains unpublishing
National Public Radio deleted a map illustration of the Middle East and North Africa that labeled Israel as Palestine and...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2016
Who was Jack the Ripper? UK Mail on Sunday Corrects after Saying Serial Murderer was IDed ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’
Did the Mail on Sunday identify who the Victorian-era serial killer Jack the Ripper really was? Apparently not. The newspaper published a...